Really Ashley Judd?

Just a few short days ago actress Ashely Judd partnered with The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund for a multi-million dollar smear campaign against Alaska Governor and former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. The ad, titled "Sarah Palin's Ongoing Slaughter of Wolves" and the subsequent website eyeonpalin.org are ostensilby designed to protest the Alaskan law that allows hunters to kill wolves and bears from aircraft. However any observer with even the smallest degree of common sense can see that these measures are nothing short of an attack on the character of Governor Palin.

Ashley Judd a resident of Los Angeles, California clearly is more informed on the delciate balance of wildlife found in Alaska than lifelong resident and Governor Palin. In reality what Judd and her lackies over at DWAF fail to understand is that in recent years the wolf and bear populations of Alaska have surged causing concern that the Caribou population would be wiped out by the influx of predators in the area. The Governor's policy of allowing hunters to shoot wolves and bears from airborne vehicles is crucial for maintaining the balance in the environment. So a quick message to those Obama supporters in Hollywood who are looking for a means to attack members of the GOP, don't hide behind a supposedly noble cause. Just come out and say that you do not like what a politician stands for.

Secondly, I have a real problem with Wildlife activits singling out hunting via aircraft as especially cruel or as the commerical states "barbaric." Lets be honest here unless that animal is armed as well it is not exactly a fair fight. The tangible difference between this method and the traditional stalk and wait techniques is increased results. It has never been suggested that we are attempting to give the animal (whatever it be) an even chance at killing or injuring a hunter. At best we only want to give the creature a 50% of escaping the encounter. All hunter contains within it a certain degree of barabarism (not a joke at the expense of Robert Bryd I swear) and technology has long been used by hunters to gain the upper hand on animals and kill them more efficiently. Arrows, bullets, scopes, camoflauge, cameras, and improved rifle technology have made it much easier to kill animals and it seems ridiculous to remove the aircraft as a means of needed population control in Alaska.